Now that we're all wrapped up with our year-end lists of 2021, it's time to look at how all the albums stack up across the board. The following list was compiled by Metal Injection reader (and data wizard) Cory Cogley. Technically this is a Top 23 list given the three-way tie for 17th place, but hey – now you have a few more records to potentially discover.
Check it out below and check out all the individual lists here!
- Mastodon – Hushed And Grim
- Gojira – Fortitude
- Between The Buried And Me – Colors II
- Cannibal Corpse – Violence Unimagined
- Rivers Of Nihil – The Work
- Khemmis – Deceiver
- Converge – Bloodmoon: I
- Seth – La Morsure Du Christ
- Spiritbox – Eternal Blue
- Carcass – Torn Arteries
- Silver Lake By Esa Holopainen – Silver Lake By Esa Holopainen
- Møl – Diorama
- King Buffalo – The Burden Of Restlessness
- Biffy Clyro – The Myth Of The Happily Ever After
- Danny Elfman – Big Mess
- Subterranean Masquerade – Mountain Fever
- Genghis Tron – Dream Weapon / Harakiri For The Sky – Mære / Thy Catafalque – Vadak
- Green Lung – Black Harvest
- Pupil Slicer – Mirrors
- At The Gates – The Nightmare Of Being